GDR OBSERVER GRUNERT APPROACHED AMBS PHILLIPS AND BENNETT
SEPARATELY IN CORRIDORS OUTSIDE SC MEETING MARCH 9 AND REFERRED TO
HIS EARLIER CALLS ON AMB BUSH. HE RECALLED THAT DURING
SECOND CONVERSATION ON JAN 11 HE HAD EXPRESSED HIS READINESS TO GO
TO WASHINGTON TO RAISE MATTER OF ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATIONS
BETWEEN GDR AND USG. HE HAD BEEN TOLD AT THE TIME THAT
OFFICIALS WERE AWAY ON YEAR- END LEAVE BUT HE WENT ON TO
POINT OUT THAT IT WAS NOW MID- MARCH. GRUNERT STRESSED
THAT HE WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO DISCUSS ESTABLISHMENT OF
RELATIONS- A SPECIAL MISSION WOULD COME FROM BERLIN FOR
THAT- BUT HE WAS PREPARED TO DISCUSS ARRANGEMENTS FOR
RECEIVING THAT MISSION. SINCE IT WAS NOW MARCH HE
WONDERED WHETHER HE MIGHT HAVE AN ANSWER SOON. PHILLIPS
REMINDED GRUNERT THAT JANUARY 11 MEETING AND REQUEST
MADE BY GRUNERT ON THAT OCCASION HAD BEEN GDR INITIATIVE.
CONFIDENTIAL
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GRUNERT WAS TOLD THAT HIS INQUIRY WOULD BE REPORTED
TO WASHINGTON.
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ACTION IO-14
INFO OCT-01 EUR-25 ADP-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 PM-09 H-02
INR-09 L-03 NSAE-00 NSC-10 PA-03 RSC-01 PRS-01 SS-14
USIA-12 SAJ-01 GAC-01 RSR-01 /107 W
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R 0100043 Z MAR 73
FM USMISSION USUN NY
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6941
INFO AMEMBASSY BONN
USMISSION BERLIN
AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY LONDON
USMISSION NATO
C O N F I D E N T I A L USUN 821
E. O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PFOR, GE
SUBJ: US- GDR RELATIONS
REF: USUN 085
GDR OBSERVER GRUNERT APPROACHED AMBS PHILLIPS AND BENNETT
SEPARATELY IN CORRIDORS OUTSIDE SC MEETING MARCH 9 AND REFERRED TO
HIS EARLIER CALLS ON AMB BUSH. HE RECALLED THAT DURING
SECOND CONVERSATION ON JAN 11 HE HAD EXPRESSED HIS READINESS TO GO
TO WASHINGTON TO RAISE MATTER OF ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATIONS
BETWEEN GDR AND USG. HE HAD BEEN TOLD AT THE TIME THAT
OFFICIALS WERE AWAY ON YEAR- END LEAVE BUT HE WENT ON TO
POINT OUT THAT IT WAS NOW MID- MARCH. GRUNERT STRESSED
THAT HE WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO DISCUSS ESTABLISHMENT OF
RELATIONS- A SPECIAL MISSION WOULD COME FROM BERLIN FOR
THAT- BUT HE WAS PREPARED TO DISCUSS ARRANGEMENTS FOR
RECEIVING THAT MISSION. SINCE IT WAS NOW MARCH HE
WONDERED WHETHER HE MIGHT HAVE AN ANSWER SOON. PHILLIPS
REMINDED GRUNERT THAT JANUARY 11 MEETING AND REQUEST
MADE BY GRUNERT ON THAT OCCASION HAD BEEN GDR INITIATIVE.
CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 02 USUN N 00821 100121 Z
GRUNERT WAS TOLD THAT HIS INQUIRY WOULD BE REPORTED
TO WASHINGTON.
SCALI
CONFIDENTIAL
<< END OF DOCUMENT >>